Mandates

State Street takes Mawer mandate

State Street takes Mawer mandate

Calgary-based Mawer Investment Management has appointed State Street to be its exclusive provider of custody, fund accounting and administration services for a portfolio of pooled and mutual funds worth C$22 billion.

Said Michael Mezei, president of Mawer Investment Management: ““After an extensive review of global service providers, State Street emerged as the best partner for Mawer moving forward. State Street’s expertise in over 100 markets, combined with their sophisticated and integrated platform, will support our growing investment footprint around the world.”

Rob Baillie, head of State Street Canada, added: “In recent years, Mawer has established itself as an industry leader in the Canadian market and our core and evolving capabilities are well-positioned to support Mawer’s growth plans in Canada and abroad. As operating models continue to shift across the industry, State Street’s integrated platform for custody and administration, as well as our continued investment in technology, can help clients like Mawer potentially improve investment returns, manage risk and seize new opportunities.”

Mandates

CACEIS has been appointed by the Advenis Investment Managers management company (the entity previously known as Avenir Finance Investment Managers) to provide account-keeping/custody and depositary services for its entire fund range. 

Mandates

Northern Trust has won a mandate from Muscat Capital, the Saudi Arabia-based investment banking arm of Bank Muscat, the largest commercial bank in Oman. 

Mandates

IBM unit mandates CACEIS

Mutuelle du Personnel IBM (IBM’s staff health insurance scheme) has asked CACEIS to meet its requirements for look-through reporting, data enrichment and calculation of the gross market SCR (solvency capital requirement) for portfolios already held under custody in light of the Solvency II reform, in effect from January 1 2016. 

Mandates

JP Morgan Investor Services has been appointed as custodian of West Australia-based WA Super's investment portfolio.

Mandates

Activate Capital mandate for BNY Mellon

BNY Mellon has been appointed as account bank for the Activate Capital lending platform (Activate Capital). 

Mandates

A US subsidiary of Fiera Capital Corporation (Fiera Capital) has been retained by SEI, a global provider of investment processing, investment management, and investment operations solutions, to act as a sub-adviser for the newly created international equity collective investment trust (CIT) implemented through SEI Trust Company subsidiary.